One Shortcoming of the evolutionary Theory of Altruism Is That

question 68

Multiple Choice

One shortcoming of the evolutionary theory of altruism is that ______.

• A) it fails to tell us what characteristics might have evolved that might make humans prosocially inclined.
• B) It cannot explain why close relatives are more likely to be helped than distant relatives
• C) it applies to the human species as a whole and does not account for individual differences in altruism
• D) all of these

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